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Index 281House of Lords Report (1998), 110, 156,161, 203, 205, 215,217-19,224-25, 230, 2555-HT3 Antagonists as antiemetics. SeeSerotonin antagonistsHU-210, 39, 40f, 10511-Hydroxy-THC, 47-48, 49fImmune system, actions of cannabinoids,67-68Independent Drug Monitoring Unit,215-23, 218f, 219f; 222t, 223tIndian Hemp Drugs Commission, 19,241-243Indoor cultivation of cannabis, 11fInstitute of Medicine Report, 163, 167,203,205,208,231,254-56Intoxication (cannabis)buzz, 79-80cardiovascular effects, 65-67, 66fhallucinations, 85high, 80-82higher brain functions, effects on, 92—97laboratory studies, 89—97panic and anxiety attacks, 87-89psychomotor function and driving,90-92regional cerebral blood flow, changesin, 98-99stoned, 82-87subjective reports, 78—89time distortion, 82-83Jamaica, 214-15, 236-37Joint. See Marijuana cigaretteLa Dain Report, 247Learning and memory, cannabis effectson,92-97Levonantrodol, 143Long-term cannabis use, 182-90cognitive impairments, 94-97immune system effects, 67-68,183,196-97reproductive system effects, 68-69,183tolerance and dependence, 108-119,229-31Lung, adverse effects of marijuanasmoke, 194-98Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, 25-26, 79, 81,84,88-89, 109,113,114,LY320135, 44fMayor La Guardia's Report, 243-44Marijuana, 10. See also CannabisMarijuana and alcohol, 97-98Marijuana Tax Act (1937), 27Marijuana cigarette, 14, 45-47, 46f, 52,190-205, 258Marinol®. See DronabinolMarley, Bob, 236-237Mechoulam, Raphael, 36-39, 59-60Medical uses of cannabis, 122-75AIDS wasting syndrome, 87,147-49bronchial asthma,171-172, 173fcampaign for, 252-57, 264-65dependence, risk of, 183-84epilepsy, 169-71glaucoma, 67, 164-69, 166fhistory of, 122-126legalization in California, 253-254migraine, 153mood disorders and sleep, 172-74multiple sclerosis, 131, 155-64, 159f,160fnausea associated with cancer treatment,2, 140-47novel methods for delivery of cannabis-basedmedicines, 49-50, 203-204, 258pain, 69-72, 150-55research, future promise of, 257-259smoked marijuana, 148-49, 203-205in Western medicine, 23-27,123-30Methanandamide, 63Mexico, 214-15, 237-38